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• Factory test causes boom heard at World Cup stadium (Reuters)
• One killed as troops fire at protesters in Srinagar (Reuters)
• Asset list reveals Afghan president earns $525 a month (Reuters)
• U.S. Gulf Coast residents brace for more oil (Reuters)
• Pakistan ignore Younus for tour of England (Reuters)
• China's new yuan regime looks a lot like the old one (Reuters)
• Africa mourns Cameroon exit, Brazil back (Reuters)
• Yuan shot heard round the world but quiet in China (Reuters)
• U.S. Gulf Coast residents battle to clean up oil spill (Reuters)
• Dollar peg is dead as China vows yuan flexibility before G20 (Reuters)

Factory test causes boom heard at World Cup stadium (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 07:13 AM PDT Reuters - A blast was heard across Johannesburg on Sunday followed by a plume of smoke, visible from the Soccer City where World Cup matches are being played, but South African police said it was a routine test.

One killed as troops fire at protesters in Srinagar (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 03:31 AM PDT Reuters - One person was killed and six injured in Srinagar on Sunday as police fired bullets to disperse a crowd attacking a bunker in violent protests against the death of a youth, blamed on security forces.

Asset list reveals Afghan president earns $525 a month (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 08:02 AM PDT Reuters - Afghan President Hamid Karzai earns $525 a month, has less than $20,000 in the bank and owns no land or property, according to a declaration of his assets on Sunday by an anti-graft body.

U.S. Gulf Coast residents brace for more oil (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 01:24 PM PDT Reuters - British energy giant BP Plc is planning to raise $50 billion to cover the cost of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, while the head of a $20 billion fund to compensate victims of the accident vowed on Sunday that eligible claims will be paid quickly.

Pakistan ignore Younus for tour of England (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 12:53 PM PDT Reuters - Former captain Younus Khan has been left out of Pakistan's test and one-day squads for the tour of England despite being eligible for international cricket again after having an indefinite ban for ill-discipline overturned.

China's new yuan regime looks a lot like the old one (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 01:43 AM PDT Reuters - China will keep the yuan's exchange rate at a basically stable level, the central bank said on Sunday, suggesting that the country's new currency regime will look a lot like the old one.

Africa mourns Cameroon exit, Brazil back (Reuters) Posted: 20 Jun 2010 01:52 AM PDT Reuters - Cameroon's Indomitable Lions were coming to terms with being the first team out of Africa's inaugural World Cup on Sunday while Brazil and Paraguay plotted to extend Latin America's great start.

Yuan shot heard round the world but quiet in China (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 09:10 PM PDT Reuters - China's announcement that it will resume currency reform made waves globally but caused barely a ripple at home on Sunday, with major newspapers merely reprinting the central bank's statement.

U.S. Gulf Coast residents battle to clean up oil spill (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 08:15 PM PDT Reuters - Residents of the U.S. Gulf Coast battled to save their beaches on Saturday as oil washed ashore at Florida's Panama City, the latest casualty of BP Plc's ruptured deep-sea well.

Dollar peg is dead as China vows yuan flexibility before G20 (Reuters) Posted: 19 Jun 2010 08:07 PM PDT Reuters - China said on Saturday it would gradually make the yuan more flexible, in a gesture that may deflect foreign criticism at next week's G20 summit but will not quickly yield a big move by its currency.

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